Pauline Kael was one of the most influential film critics of all time. She was most active between the late 1960s and early '90s, earning a reputation for strong opinions and brilliant prose.

A look at the 1969 classic ahead of its showing at UW Cinematheque March 8 as part of the series “Sam Peckinpah Centennial.” ...

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of ...

Pauline Kael (1919-2001) was likely the most powerful, and personal, movie critic of the 20th century. Writing for The New Yorker and publishing a dozen best-selling books, she ruthlessly pursued what ...

Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968.

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Pauline Kael called the wholesome, Austria-set musical starring Julie Andrews a “sugar-coated lie” in a pan review that is said to have gotten her fired from McCall magazine. The New York ...

Let’s face it: film criticism isn’t exciting as it used to be. Gone are the days when fans waited expectantly to see how Pauline Kael of the New Yorker would write up Brian de Palma’s latest offering, ...

“Nobody should be asked not to like Paul Newman.” This is how New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael summed up her review of the late star’s performance in the 1977 hockey-comedy classic Slap Sho ...

From The French Connection through to The Royal Tenenbaums, Hackman – who has died at 95 – redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to ...